This year, Crisosto received recognition for his decades-long research program and released a book, alongside his wife Gayle Crisosto, a retired specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences, that is positioned to be the foundational text on the postharvest handling of Mediterranean fruit and nut trees.
A federal jury has ruled in favor of the University of California in its lawsuit with two former UC Davis strawberry breeders and the private breeding company they created with UC-owned plants. A separate jury is expected to decide issues related to damages at a later time.
